Improvement in shelves for cooking-stoves



Pateritd Sept; 10, 18781 11 mass as.

Iiwenlor NPETEIS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. 04

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM J. COPP, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHELVES FOR COOKING-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,798, datedSeptember 10, 1878 application filed March 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMI JosEPH 001m, of the city of Hamilton, inthe county of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion ofCanada, iron-founder, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Cook-Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame.

The invention relates to a simple and convenient shelf attachment to anystyle of cookstove, such as parlor-cooks, ranges, box, or elevated-ovenstoves; and it consists in a duplex or reversible shelf, pivoted by twobrackets or supporting-bars to the sides of the projecting hearth, sothat it can be used in a twofold character: first, as an elevated shelf(for dishing-up purposes) on a line with the top of a'stove, on which itrests, and is secured thereto by any convenient fasteningcatch whenplaced in that position; second, as a hanging shelf at the bottom of thestove, which, in that capacity, acts in the place of a warming-closetfor cooking utensils, dishes, plates, &c., or cooked food dished up tobe kept warm, when the oven and top of the stove would be too hot oroccupied otherwise.

The said reversible shelf may be attached to the front, sides, or rearof any cookingstove but I prefer it at the front, as shown, as beingmore handy and convenient for general purposes. It may be constructed ofthin castiron, sheet metal, or cast with open scroll-work in anyornamental pattern, and the brackets may also be ornamented in atastefulmanner.

By reference to the annexed drawings, it will be seen that Figure 1represents a perspective view of a cooking-stove with the shelfattachment hanging from the hearth. Fig. 2 represents a front sectiononly of a cookingstove with the shelf reversed and secured on a linewith the top of the stove. Fig. 3 represents a portion of the under sideof the shelf, showing a simple catch for securing it to the top of thestove. Fig. 4 represents a portion of the shelf, showing how it may besupported by a pivoted forked bracket in lieu of the straightsupporting-rod, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2.

A is a stove, which may represent a common cook-stove, a range, aparlor-cook, or an elevated-oven cook-stove. B is the hearth, to thesides of which is pivoted a supporting stud or bracket, G, connectingthe hearth to the reversible shelf D. E F are the pivots securing thesaid parts. Fig. 1 shows the aforesaid shelf hanging from and under thehearth on a line with the bottom of the stove, in which position it isvery useful. G is a small hole in the top of the stove to receive a pin,H, which is attached to the under side of the shelf D when the shelf isreversed in the position as shown at Fig. 2. I is a simple catch att'ached to the under side of said shelf, as shown at Fig. 3, which is made tocatch on the rim of the stove-top and effectually hold it securely inposition; but any other convenient equivalent device may be adopted. 0,Fig. 4, shows a forked bracket, the upper end being fastened in anysecure way to the shelf, and the other end pivoted to the hearth, asshown, or to the center of the supporting-bar O at the point a.

The advantages of my device for stoves, as above described, are, itsmovable and reversible nature, being capable of acting as a shelf on aline with the top of the stove, or on a line with the bottom of thestove, as required; its convenient position when elevated for dishing-uppurposes; and its adaptability as a support for cooking utensils whichmay not be required immediately over the fire.

When the shelf is reversed, as shown at Fig. 1, at the bottom of thestove, it is out of the way, and makes an excellent plate-warmer, and aserviceable and convenient shelf for many other purposes, withoutadditional cost.

Having thus described my device and its advantages, what I claim as myinvention 1s The combination, with a cook-stove of any kind, of areversible or duplex shelf, D, attached thereto in front, as shown, bybars 0 or brackets O, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Dated at Hamilton, Ontario, this 7th day of March, 1878.

WILLIAM J. OOPP. [L. s.] v (In presence of WM. BRUCE, S. MELLON.

